MUMBAI: Mumbai University will be awarding 425 Ph D degrees during the annual convocation this year – a 15% increase from last year. The annual convocation is scheduled on February 7, where UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar will be the chief guest. While the number of students completing their PhDs had drastically dropped during the…
NEW DELHI: On Sunday, the Ministry of Education (MoE) clarified that, according to draft guidelines by the University Grants Commission (UGC), no reserved posts can be de-reserved. The proposed guidelines suggest that vacancies reserved for SC, ST, and OBC candidates cannot be declared unreserved unless an adequate number of candidates from these categories are unavailable.The…
The last date for providing public opinion ends today. The ‘Guidelines for Implementation of Reservation Policy of the Government of India in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs)’ was released in the public domain for feedback on December 27, last year. The draft guidelines state, “There is a general ban on de-reservation of reserved vacancies in case…
UGC NET 2023 Result: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is set to announce the results for UGC NET December 2023 on January 17, 2024. Aspirants can conveniently access their results by visiting the official websites, nta.ac.in and ugcnet.nta.ac.in. This eagerly anticipated release marks a crucial moment for candidates who participated in the UGC NET December…
While the University Grants Commission (UGC) released a notification alerting the students for not enrolling in the MPhil (Master of Philosophy) programme stating that it is not a recognised degree, the West Bengal government has refused to follow the guidelines. Universities in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are reportedly planning to offer MPhil courses in the…
New Delhi: More than three crore students from across the country have registered for the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) so far, as per the University Grants Commission (UGC). The ABC portal promotes curriculum framework flexibility and interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary academic mobility of the students among the Indian Higher Educational Institutes (HEls) through a proper…
A view of University Grants Commission (UGC), in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The University Grants Commission (UGC) has reiterated through a public notice on Tuesday that Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degrees are no longer recognised. Citing fresh applications of certain universities inviting students for M.Phil. courses, UGC Secretary Manish R. Joshi…
The University Grants Commission (UGC) Tuesday asked universities and colleges across the country to integrate voter education and electoral literacy in their curricular framework, and evolve a robust mechanism to fulfil the aspirational goal of the Election Commission of India (ECI) of handing over voter IDs to every eligible student, organise mock polls and administer…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) UGC National Eligiblity Test (NET) admit cards for December 2023 session exam.Although there has been no official announcement on the date and time of the release of admit cards, various media reports suggest that the NTA is likely…
UGC to take action against EdTech companies offering foreign degree and diploma courses online without approval. In a public notice issued by the UGC, it mandates that no foreign higher educational institution shall offer any programme in India without the prior approval of the commission. Moreover, the commission also stated that it mandates the (Higher…
